Improvement in fare-boxes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON H. BUGHEE, OE CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,079, dated August 1,1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON H. BUGHER, ot' Cincinnati, Hamilton count-y,Ohio, have invented a new and useful Checking Device for the Preventionof Fraud in the Collection of Fares, Tolls, or other Payments 5 and 1 dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had tO the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification.

My invent-ion relates to a system of checks operatedjointly by thecollector and the person paying the fare, toll fee, or other money,whereby a precise register or record beyond the control of the collectoris preserved of each and every payment.

Figure l is a perspective view of a box or case embodying the principalfeatures of my invention.

A is a' box or case having a lid, B, whose lock'is in the exclusivecustody of the superintendent, cashier, proprietor, or Whosoever may forthe time bein g have control, charge, or ownership of the money.

D is a slot or aperture in the top of the box A, through which check orcounters bearing on their faces the amounts paid in each case aredropped by the passenger or other person paying the money. Vhen checksof several denominations are employed, as many separate compartments andappropriate apertures may be provided in the box.

The box may have a concavity or depression, E, on its rear side to litthe arm of the user, and maybe provided with straps F F', which, beinglinked or otherwise attached to the upper rear angle of the box, maypass through staples GVG near the lower rear angle and engage by eyes Hover studs or buttons I proiecting from the bottom of the box.

The strapsF F' may be of india-rubber and the eyes H of metal, while thebuttons may consist of a series, so as to enable the wearer to give thestraps any desired tension.

An additional safeguard may be afforded by providinga sh utterorescntcheon, J, to the keyhole, which escutcheon, when closed,passesunder a curb, L, coincident with Whose center the said escutcheon isprovided with a` flaring stud orbutton, M. rlhe key-hole being closed bythe escutcheon, a wax seal may be run and stamped into the space Withinthe curb, and will be securely held in place by the button H. A stillfurther safeguard may consistin fixing ath wart the aperture D, on itsunder side, a yielding and resilient tongue, N, which, being momentarilydefected by the passage into the box of a counter, will return with aspring and strike a bell, O, so as to enable the collector as Well asthe payer, and even any by stander, to know whether a counter hasactually entered the box.

The box may be composed of tin, \vood,'

gutta peroha, leather, or other suitable material, and may be adaptedfor use with coin or other money instead of counters.

The straps F F may be replaced by a hook to engage in a suitable beltsecured around the collectois Waist, or by rings for the insertion of a.sling or shoulder-strap; or the box may be simply adapted for use uponatable or counter or for attachment to a wall.

I claim herein as new and ot' my invention- Providing the back ofcheck-boxes with a concavity, E, as and for the purpose herein setforth.

In testimony of which invention l hereunto set my hand.

A. H. BUGHER.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. BENDLETON, WASHING-TON MoLEAN.

